UHMSC March Meeting Minutes
April 15 – Al Gore & Stan Sheriff – 10,000 seats, should be sold out
- adult and maybe student participation in closer-knit group (invite-only)
- UH Sea Grant will send out invite in next few weeks and tickets should be available for pick-up in the next few weeks (free)
ERD Lab designed logo for Earth Day
Food policy – Nicole met with Andy
UHM Earth Day 2014: April 24 (Thursday)
2nd Annual HI Sustainabilit in Higher Ed Summit: March 13 – 15 (Thu – Sat)
Green Fees: Make sure surveys go out to general audience – announce list serv
Granite Power – power from waste heat
- EGS – enhanced geothermal system
- More efficiently capture heats compared to the conventional Organic Rankine Cycles
- thermal storage – power through night & clouds – 24/7 possible
- 20% efficiency of solar energy collected electricity
- 70% remaining heat for desalination, heating, absorption,chilling
- Provide a source of low cost power & expand productive & reduce emissions
- Could save UHM $2-3M / year (just from generation side)
- slowe@granitepwr.com
Granite Power could be one of many things that UHM incorporates